Short, vet-sourced guides on dog and cat health, nutrition, activity, grooming and behavior — from the team behind the PawKit care journal.
Drooling, whining, feet planted on the pavement — car trouble is usually two problems tangled together: a queasy inner ear and a dog who has learned that the car means the vet. Both answer to the same slow ladder.
Most litter box problems are box problems: too few, wrong place, wrong litter, cleaned too rarely. Here is the setup cats actually accept — and it takes one afternoon.
Autumn changes what your dog walks on — cold, wet, gritty, and later salted. A thirty-second habit when you take the lead off prevents almost every paw problem of the season.
Night-time zoomies and dawn wake-up calls aren't spite. Shift the hunting to the evening, stop paying for the performance, and most cats settle within a few weeks.
Barking at the door is your dog doing a job they take seriously. Here's how to keep the alert and lose the ten minutes of hysteria that follow it.
Cats groom where nobody is watching, so you usually find the result before the behaviour: a bare strip of belly, scabs along the spine. Here is what the place with the missing fur tells you.
Autumn pollen, mould in wet leaves and dust mites in a freshly heated flat all peak at once. If your dog has started chewing their paws in the evening, here is what to check — and what actually helps.
Many indoor cats can learn to enjoy fresh air on a harness — as long as training starts indoors, moves slowly and lets the cat set the speed. Here's how to begin, step by step.
Flat-out sprints, skidding stops and mid-air catches are where fetch injuries come from. A few small changes keep the game your dog loves — and their joints — in good shape.
